Relive the 2019 Rama here.
Rama is postponed another year! Be well friends, thanks for your support.
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Celebrate the tideflats! Every year we welcome the public to our beach to learn about oysters, oyster farming, and life in the Hood Canal, aquatic and other. We call this beach ho-down the Hama Hama Oyster Rama. It's not the biggest party in the world, but it might be the biggest subtidal one!
The Rama features tours with intertidal ecologists and oyster growers, u-pick oysters and clams, an oyster-sports competition we call the Shuckathalon, a beer and wine garden, kid's activities, live music, and various delicious food options. Every year, the Rama benefits local Hood Canal charities.
Tickets are needed for everybody 16 and up (this means folks 15 and under get in free). Tickets get you into the event and entered into a raffle drawing. Food, drink, oysters and clams are available for purchase using $5 tokens. You can buy tokens ahead of time, or at the event for cash or credit.
2020 tickets, tokens, VIP experiences and swag will go up for sale in mid to late March.
Thank you to the following businesses for donating to the Oyster Rama... look for their products in the food booths, silent auction, raffle, and prize packs. If you see them out and about in the real world, say thanks!
Schedule
11:00 Doors open for u-pick only
11:00 Cooking Class & Oyster Class start (tickets required)
12:00 Party starts!
12:30 The Tide Turns
1:15 Oyster Trivia in the Shell Stage
2:00 Natural Wine Fair (tickets required)
3:00 Shuckathalon!
5:30 Awards Ceremony & Mystery Oyster Final Round
6:00 Party Ends
Participating Oyster Farms
Look for Set & Drift, Olympic Oyster Co, Hood Canal Snail, South Sound Mariculture, and Baywater Shellfish Farms in the Guest Oyster Raw Bar
Thanks to Chelsea Farms & Taylor Shellfish for coming in with food booths, and to Penn Cove for donating mussels.
Look for oysters from Jones Family Farm, Island Creek, Fishers Island, and N Sea Oyster Co in the Mystery Oyster Class & Raw Bar
Beverage Partners
Cooper Mountain Winery
Port Townsend Vineyards
Browne Family Vineyards
Eaglemount Wine & Cider
Finnriver Cider
Headless Mumby Brewery
Holy Mountain Brewery
Three Magnets Brewery
Propolis Brewing
Timber City Ginger Beer
Iggy's Kombucha
Urraco Coffee
Ovum Wines
Grochau Cellars
Food Lineup
Alderbrook Resort: Hook and Fork Smoked Brisket Tacos
Olympia Oyster Bar: ceviche bar offering 3 ceviches, Rockfish, Clams, and Oregon Bay Shrimp
Bar Melusine: Melusine Burger: 4 oz grass fed, dry aged beef, general porpoise baked seeded bun (caraway, poppy, sesame), onion aigre-doux, garlic aioli
Chelsea Farms Oyster Bar: back with their delicious clam pozole
Yodelin Broth: Halibut Broth & Hollywood broth (vegan)
Tournant: PNW Cassoulet: white bean, hama hama clams, and penn cove mussels with garlic sausage, green garlic and creme fraiche.
Paellaworks: Festival Paella with Manila Clam, Yearling Oyster and Chorizo. Naturally gluten free.
Musang: Pork Bicol Express Slides with House Made Achara
Taylor Shellfish Farms: famous geoduck chowder
Michael Scelfo: grilled quail & sausages
Hama Hama Crab Cakes, prepared by the local fire auxiliary
Olympic Mountain Ice Cream (and pizza!)
Desserts by Shelton Scholarship Foundation
Raw & roasted oysters all day long
Thanks to Vinny's Wine Bar, a new project from the team behind No Anchor & Navy Strength, for catering the Natural Wine Fair
Bring this stuff:
Knee high rubber boots.
Harvesting equipment: 5 gallon bucket, gloves, hand-held garden-style cultivator for digging clams.
Weather appropriate gear, which can be anything from rain coats to sunglasses.
ID to prove you're over 21 (if you want to drink alcohol).
Don't bring:
Your dog. Usually we're a dog friendly spot, but the rama is just too big and crowded.
Food or drink. There's no outside food or drink allowed inside the event.
Weed. The party's date is determined by the tide, not by any cultural significance.
Tickets & Tokens
Pay for all food, drink, oysters, and clams with $5 tokens, which you can purchase at the event for cash or credit.
$15 entrance tickets get you into the event with a door prize drawing, and are required for humans 16 and up
TBD whether we'll sell any tickets at the gate this year. If we do: day-of ticket sales will start around 12:30, after we get a sense of how crowded the event is. It is not a good idea to drive out here if you don't have tickets.
Safety Considerations
There will be EMT's on site, and first aid kits & fire extinguishers throughout the event
Everyone who walks out on the tideflats has to sign a safety waiver, and hear a speech about how to stay safe on the flats. Short version: watch where you step, stay out of fenced off areas, and don't let your kids run around.
VERY IMPORTANT: Do not park along 101. We have hordes of volunteers lined up to help you find a safe parking spot
Charity Benefit
Charities that benefit from the Rama include the Hood Canal Education Foundation, our local fire auxiliary, our local Kiwanis club, the Shelton Scholarship Foundation. We are also a proud supporter of the Shellfish Grower's Climate Coalition.
Lifetime charitable contributions of the Rama = $85,000
2018 Charitable Donation: $19,000
Things to do at the Rama
Explore the tideflats with the help of ecologists and farmers, and harvest your own oysters and clams.
Swing through the kid's tent with your littles, and catch live music from our friends at harmonica pocket starting at 12:30.
Once the tide comes back up, check out the marine touch tanks
Sign up for the oyster trivia, or compete in the Rama riddles
Swing past Dozfy's tent to get a custom painted oyster shell, and check out the environmental booth fair and the local art vendors
Watch the Shuckathalon Oyster sports competition or try your luck identifying oysters in the Mystery Oyster Raw Bar
Listen to live music from The Pine Hearts, The Lowest Pair, and other bands.
Eat, drink, and be merry for a good cause!
